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B. ROWE & R. D. HETRIGK.

TREE PROTECTOR. No. 369,616. Patented Sept. 6, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrica.

EDWVARD ROWVE AND RUSSELL DICK HETRIGK, OF INDIANA,

PENNSYLVANIA. I

TREE-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,616, dated September 6, 1867.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD ROWE and RUssELL DIcK HETRIOK, citizens of the United States, and residents of Indiana,in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TreeProtectors; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective Fig. 2is a top view of one of the rings. Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the wire rods used for fastening the case to the ground.

This invention has reference to devices for protecting trees that grow in low latitudes, such as lemon and orange trees, from the effects of frost; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts,as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the stem or trunk of a tree.

D is a sleeve or web of cotton cloth or other suitable material,secured at the ends to adjustable rings B O, that surround the stem of The rings are made of wire having unclosed rings, which are capable of sliding past each other, so that the rings will adjust themselves to the size of the trunk on which the device is attached. The sleeve or web D, connecting the two rings, has its ends wrapped over the wire of the rings and secured thereto by stitching or otherwise in such manner that the rings move easily in their connections therewith. The lower ring, 0, is made larger than the ring B, more Wire being allowed for it because of the greater diameter of the tree-trunk at the point upon which it rests. The free edges d d of the sleeve or web pointed atf, and the partsf, adjacent to their upper ends, bent over, so that they form angles a little less than right angles with the stems of the wires.

hen the rings 13 and O are in place on the treetrunk and the edgesd of the web secured together by the pins or otherwise, the wiresF are driven into the ground and the upper bent portions, f, bearupon and hold down the lower ring, 0, so that the lower part of the stem A is entirely covered.

G G are wires that connect the upper ring, B, to the tree. The said wires have their lower ends bent around the wire, forming the ring D, and their upper ends bent around or otherwise secured to the limbs of the tree.

The device can be quickly attached to the young tree, as the wire rings can have their ends pulled apart and sprung on the sten1,and the web then have its edges secured together by means substantially as described.

The principal advantages of the device are its cheapness, its efiiciency, and the ease with which it can be attached and detached, as it is connecting-web, of the pins securing together the longitudinal edges of the web, the wires F, having bent upper portions to hold the lower wire-ring to the ground, and the wire attaching the upper wire ring to the upper part of the tree, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD ROWVE. RUSSELL DICK HETRIOK.

Witnesses:

G. W. SIMPsoN, W. P. LOWRY. 

